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• Alex Reid bares all on Shrewsbury stage
  Tue, 08 May 2012 09:59:38
  Reality TV star Alex Reid took centre stage in Shropshire when he starred in a raunchy new adults-only comedy.
• Young actor wins place with theatre group
  Mon, 07 May 2012 10:00:06
  A pupil from Shrewsbury is following in the footsteps of some of the UK?s leading actors and actresses by winning a place at the National Youth Theatre.
• Review ? David Essex in All the Fun of the Fair, Wolverhampton
  Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:59:58
  Yes, I know he?s been out of style for a long while, but it?s hard not to like David Essex. The 64-year-old has lost his locks, but not his looks and his trademark twinkle in the eye still fluttered the hearts of many a ?70s teenybopper at the Grand.
• Titanic the Musical at Theatre Severn ? Review
  Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:59:41
  The fate of the crew and passengers on board the doomed cruise liner Titanic has been brought to life in an impressive and moving musical by Shrewsbury?s Amateur Operatic Society.
• The Diary of Anne Frank ? Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
  Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:26:09
  Keith Harrison reviews The Diary of Anne Frank at Wolverhampton's Grand Theatre - a visually stunning re-telling of a tragic story.
• Review ? Beauty and the Beast by Bridgnorth Musical Theatre Company
  Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:48:42
  Once the mighty Disney empire realised its back catalogue of films could be translated into stage musicals there was no stopping them, with Lion King, Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins and Beauty and the Beast being very successful examples.
• Chance to perform in The King And I
  Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:07:12
  Producers of The King and I are looking for young people aged 5-14, to play the king of Siam's children in a new production at Birmingham Hippodrome.
• Chuckle Brothers put on Shrewsbury half term shows
  Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:59:44
  Family favourites The Chuckle Brothers put on a pair of swashbuckling shows in Shrewsbury.
• Snow White panto has fairytale end as Hi Ho is highlight
  Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:59:47
  A village pantomime near Shrewsbury finally had its fairytale ending after getting involved in a transatlantic battle to perform a Disney song.
• Stage 2 youngsters put on great show
  Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:59:55
  Working in casting and television and seeing endless shows with amateur kids and teenagers, my expectations of Stage 2 Performing Arts Academy?s ?The Album? were limited . . . But, boy oh boy, how wrong could I have been?
• Sister Act recieves highest praise
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:29:00
  The curtain has gone up on comedy Sister Act at Wolverhampton?s Grand Theatre ? and is already proving a huge hit.
• Runaway success for Shropshire pantomimes
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:59:52
  Shropshire?s two major have pantomimes have proved to be runaway successes ? with theatre bosses hailing one as a recordbreaker.
• Strictly Come Dancing celebrities dance up storm
  Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:23:24
  After a triumphant year when Strictly trounced X Factor in the TV ratings, the live tour stopping off at Birmingham NIA last night had the feel of a victory parade.
• Panto hailed as huge success by Oakengates Theatre
  Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:59:37
  Theatre bosses in Telford have hailed this year?s pantomime as a huge success, with nearly three quarters of the tickets sold despite the recession.
• Magician Laurence Abel has plenty of tricks
  Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:36:08
  Multi-faceted Shropshire student Laurence Abel is hoping for a career as a magician, or a comedian, or a journalist . . . he?s not sure which. He combines his three passions here, as he describes the terror of stand-up comedy and magic
• Shrewsbury panto tickets sales go through the roof
  Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:59:55
  Producers of this year?s record-breaking Aladdin Christmas pantomime in Shrewsbury have been re-hired for the next two years, theatre bosses have revealed.
• Emmerdale star James Sutton on life in Shropshire
  Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:48:43
  Emmerdale star James Sutton had too much energy to burn, writes Andy Richardson. His mother, Jeanette, put him on the path to a life on the stage.
• Review: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
  Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:59:45
  If you were to say ?Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, which is the fairest panto of all? it would probably reply Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, playing at Wolverhampton?s Grand Theatre.
• Shrewsbury School stars to perform in West End
  Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:59:57
  When they took to the stage in Shrewsbury for a new musical, youngsters could not have imagined it would end up winning five-star reviews at the Edinburgh Festival and a slot in the West End of London.
• Panto duo step forward to claim big laughs
  Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:00:05
  Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood ? or the Francis and Wheatley Show?